The Irish standard., 1887-10-29

of the great convention of the League
of the Cross held in Newcastle on-Tyne,
on Sept. 14th and 18TH, This gieat
temperance crusade was set or foot by
Cardinal Manning, the man who in the
whole church of Christ most resembles
Leo XIII, in saintliness of life as we'll
as in the gifts Of intellect and heart.
It's chief promoter has been another
apostolic priest, that devoted Father
James Nugent, who is the living prov
idence of the laboring Door Of Liverpool
and of their homeless children. The
great Catholic weekly established by
this good man at his own expense and
risk, and carried on in the face Of diff
culties seemingly insurm0untable, has
now the largest circulation of any
Catholic newspaper in the English Ian.
guage. AS the organ of the League Of
the Cross, as the advocate of charity
and Temperance, and as y fearless
champion of home rule, the Liverpool
Catholic Times deserves the unbonnded
gratitude of the laboring classes every
where, Of all Irishmen in particular.
Men like Cardinal Manning and Father
Nugant, obeying the inspiration CON-
ING 10 them from Rome, are removing
fast from the lives aud the homes of the
!aboring poor the blight and curse Of
intemperance. The warm letter Of ap-
probation which the Pope addressed
lately 20 the American apostle of tenn
perance, Bishop Ireland, was intended
to encourage the holy cause not only in
the United States, but wherever the
English language is spoken. Indeed,
the social congresses lately held in
Liege and elsewhere make OF temper
ance societies among working men one
of the great moral agencies destined to
sauctify their lives and to improve their
condition. The letter to Bishop Ire
land is mentioned as the sanction and
encouragement given by the head of
tbe church to all mbined effort to do
away with the abuse and the use of
alcoholic stimulants. The success OF
this crusade depends essentially on the
zeal and the examples of the clergy,
the priests of England are fast taking
up the cross OF the league; and in Ire
land, where the crusade is making
great headway, your readers can judge
OF the prospects of temperance when /
tell them within the past two years the
students of Maynooth college, the great
nursery OF the Irish priesthood, have
Joined the League Of the Cross, stimu-
lated by the example of their president,
Very Rev. DR.. Browne. In removing
lntemperance totally and forever frorn
the hearth and the habits Of the Labor
ing man, the church is doing away with
one great cause of poverty, and inn
planting n the toiler's home the blessed
germ OF thrift, weIl~doing and more
than goodly virtue. This year Of grace
1887, the year of the l'ope's golden ju-
bilee, will not pass away without new
light being shed ON such labors by the
ever-watchful and solicitous Pontiff
They send him faithful and detailed
account of all that is done tn benefit
the poor man and the working man in
these Catholic conventions. And, with
all his immense occupations, Leo XIII.,
does not allow single detail to escape
his eye or a single beneicent endeavor
OR suggestion to go without his COM
When shall we have in
the United States some such gathering
Of enlightened and true-hearted men as
met in Liege to lay the foundations Of
q reform which is sure to grow with
each succeeding year, till employees and
working men, churchmen and states
men, and every true Christian who is
jealous for the salvation of society and
the happiness of all it's members will
work together, under Gods blessing,
to protect and to crown the divinest
of ali modern times?